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Product discounts to attract GreenCare for Troops volunteers

May 7, 2019

Military families make significant sacrifices during a loved ones’ deployment. To honor that sacrifice Project EverGreen’s GreenCare for Troops initiative, SiteOne Landscape Supply and leading industry product suppliers are teaming

Attend the Green Sports Alliance Summit

May 7, 2019

The Sports Turf Managers Association has been named a Community Partner of the Green Sports Alliance Summit for the seventh year. The annual Summit will be held in Philadelphia at

Maryland court finds county pesticide ban valid

May 7, 2019

In a statement last week, RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), the national trade association representing the specialty pesticides and fertilizers industry, said: “Yesterday, we received a decision from the Maryland Court of

NCS4 Best Practice: social media

May 6, 2019

According to the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security at the University of Southern Mississippi: Social media is a powerful tool that all venues should be using. Creating a sound social

Skool Dogs deploys first school safety dog

May 6, 2019

According to facilityexecutive.com, after more than 7 years of research and development, Skool Dogs, Inc.— the first active threat canine response program for schools—officially deployed its first canine as a school safety dog

Gunfire detector

May 6, 2019

Safe Zone says its Safe Zone Gunfire Detection System is an active shooter security breakthrough. President Mike Anderson said, “The Safe Zone system responds within ten seconds to an active shooter situation, analyzing

Understanding soil salinity and sodicity after winter

April 30, 2019

From the April 26 Turf iNfo blog of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: After a tough winter, there are a lot of questions about dead turf near sidewalks and roads, salt affected soils,

Maintaining hybrid grass

April 30, 2019

A frequently asked question is whether hybrid grass is more difficult or expensive to maintain than natural grass? As with natural grass, some essential maintenance steps must be undertaken routinely and seasonally to

Green solutions to maximize facility use and profit

April 30, 2019

According to an article by Barry Stiles in Facility Executive, when you can creatively and successfully maximize facility use, you solve a host of issues. For one, taking advantage of

A-LIST appoints Munshaw as Research Committee chair

April 30, 2019

The Alliance for Low Input Sustainable Turf (A-LIST) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Gregg Munshaw to the position of Research Committee Chair. The Research Committee Chair is